I watched the US Senate vote on the health care Bill

Some people whip themselves for thrills… me, I watch Congressional votes – no doubt for similar mental reasons.

Anyway the vote was not quite how it would be in a Paul Marks doom-of-horror fantasy – no triumphant cries of “Death to America” and “Obama is the Living God” from the leftists (although Durbin and some others were no doubt thinking at least the first of these two things) as they waved copies of the Economist magazine. However, there were some noteworthy moments.

My favourite was when Senator K.K.K. Byrd shed tears during his vote saying it was for “his friend Ted Kennedy”.

The late Senator Edward Kennedy is presently burning in Hell for the manslaughter of Mary Jo and other crimes (none of which he ever repented of – and repentance, contrary to Hollywood, must include openly admitting one’s guilt and accepting punishment). But it is some seasonal comfort to me that Senator Byrd will be joining Senator Kennedy in Hell, reasonably soon.

Byrd has been “batshit insane” for decades; dementia plays at most a tiny part.

The bigger problem, of course, is Harry Reid. Here’s a man so monumentally stupid that no one would hire him to manage a convenience store, yet he is running the US Senate. That tells you all you need to know about our political system.

Byrd’s problem isn’t senility. He’s been a klan dipshit for his entire life.

Reid wasn’t chosen to wield power, but to distract from power. By focusing on a guy from Nevada who’s dumber than a committee of Cornish game hens or on the only guy from 1980’s Saturday Night Live to not be funny (D-MN), you’re distracted from the shenanigans[1] of Durbin or Schumer or Rapist (now defunct).

[1] What’s the name of that place with the crap on the walls and the cheese sticks?

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